Grace Coddington, 70 yrs. young

photo courtesy of Vogue

I was much inspired while reading the editor's letter, "Full of Grace" from the April issue of Vogue.  It was refreshing to see the red-haired Creative Director be recognized for her 20 years with Vogue (wow!), along with the inspiration Grace Coddington provides for us loyal readers.  Needless to say, her vision and creativy behind styling and coordinating a shoot is evident with every issue.  The editor notes, "Reading the magazine took her somewhere else, and she still believes an image should give you a feeling, a story, an emotion, and a sense of time and place.  She loves a garden, a fairy tale, a hat".  For those very reasons, this magazine is the ideal fashion capsule, as it transports me to a place where it's okay to wear heels on a sandy beach.   

The Iliad.

I just watched The September Issue which my mum bought me on DVD. It is all about the making of the US Vogue September Issue in 2007. The American Vogue looks so much better than UK Vogue. In the UK I prefer Elle and i-D but if we had the US Vogue and US Elle, out of the two, I would choose Vogue. Grace Coddington is pure genious; I adore everything she does.

I thought Anna Wintour's daughter was really pretty so I googled her and this picture came up.

It just makes me laugh how she has taken the Iliad to read at a fashion show. You can tell by her facial expression she doesn't want to be there. If shes going to be so ungrateful I don't mind sharing a freaky friday moment with her, I mean Oscar De La Renta vs Odysseus? No contest!

Not that Classics is bad because it is actually really quiet interesting, especially the Athenians and their really very strange lifestyles, (just search Symposiums, Hetaera and Boys). If you ever have the chance to study it, it is well worth doing, just lets please refrain from taking The Iliad or The Odyssey to any fashion shows, Ok?

J xxxx